5 Health benefits and a $387K Wheelchair

Some senior citizens come to a point in their life when they realize they may need help walking. Assistance can be due to old injuries flaring up, arthritis, hip problems, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis and many other. Some hate to use them because it makes them feel old, but here are the many benefits that wheelchairs provide to senior citizens.

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  • Mobility, wheelchairs provide you freedom to move around as you wish. Most designed to fit into small and tight spaces.
  • Independence, It will give back your independence and free spirit to move around your home and outdoors as you wish.
  • Comfort, They will help support your back and will have a comfortable seating that will encourage your posture.
  • increase you socialization, as you will feel more safe and comfortable to enjoy life, visiting friends and going out to more social activities and not be isolated in your home without moving.
  • Enjoy activities, you can go shopping, dine to restaurants, have fun with your family, and you will have a more active lifestyle so you will feel more happier and healthier.

They are highly beneficial to senior citizens to help them continue with their life and provide them comfort and mobility, even if they are with a home care assistance service, at a special community or in a friends house. For example you can read up here on our caregiver services to check if your health care package has the benefit of having a wheelchair before you buy one at a really expensive price, with most Home Care Assistance systems you will get help with it. Wheelchair repair services see to it that it is properly maintained; in-home repairs are available as well.

Jet Powered Wheelchair Debuts at AllegroMedical.com for $387,568
Allegro recognizes National Wheelchair Beautification Month with their Jet Chair – a jet propelled concept design wheelchair illustrating that the sky is the limit when it comes to personalization. The wheelchair is unreal…meaning…um…not real. But it’s getting a lot of attention!

Mesa, Ariz. (PRWEB) July 24, 2008 — Internet superstore Allegro Medical today unveiled a $387,568 jet powered wheelchair to show customers just how far they can go to make their chairs “beautiful”. Probably not exactly what National Wheelchair Beautification Month founder Horace Knowles had in mind when he invented the July holiday, but Allegro considers its ‘Jet Chair’ beautiful nonetheless.

The image of the supercharged wheelchair, complete with jet engine, fat run-flat high pressure tires, a rear airfoil, windsock and curb feelers (for easy parking) is part of an advertising campaign to encourage savvy wheelchair users to “Pimp Their Ride”. The wheelchair is advertised for $387,568 — marked down from $755,000 — and is reported to go 0-300 mph in 4.2 seconds. A safety helmet and fire-retardant underwear are recommended.

The Jet Chair is getting a lot of laughs and attention, and one customer actually added it to his shopping cart and tried to buy it. A few people have called to ask if it is real. It’s not, by the way.
“It looks like it belongs in a Batman movie. This tricked out wheelchair fit our concept so perfectly that we decided it would be fun to advertise it in our electronic catalog and on our website,” says Sean Cramer, Allegro’s Vice President of Marketing. “The Jet Chair is getting a lot of laughs and attention, and one customer actually added it to his shopping cart and tried to buy it. A few people have called to ask if it is real. It’s not, by the way.”

Billed as a practical, general-purpose sub-sonic everyday wheelchair, perfectly at home in the Bonneville Salt Flats doing 400 mph or cruising to the market, it still may not be for everyone. If a wheelchair with a jet pack isn’t your idea of a beautiful wheelchair, Allegro Medical has plenty of wheelchair alternatives and accessories. Most people start with a nice cup holder and work their way up. In addition to showcasing more than 115 different wheelchairs, the Allegro website offers 400+ wheelchair accessories, all designed to enhance the functionality, safety and overall look of an existing manual wheelchair or power chair. Anyone shopping at http://www.allegromedical.com can order online and have specialty products like beverage holders, colorful wheel casters, spinning spokes, backpacks, pouches and trays delivered directly to their home. The sky is the limit.

About Allegro Medical
Allegro Medical is a division of Allegro Enterprises, Inc., a privately-owned company based in Mesa, Arizona. Founded in 1996, and serving more than 1 million consumer and business customers, the Company is one of the largest and most technologically advanced independently owned suppliers of life enhancing products in the U.S.

Since launching the first ecommerce site in the medical equipment and home health care supplies industry in 1998, Allegro has expanded into Health & Fitness, Nutritional Dietary Supplements, Sexual Well-Being, Pain Relief, Emergency Preparation and Maternity/Baby. Visitors to http://www.allegromedical.com are offered a broad selection of thousands of brand name products searchable by Keyword, Category, Brand and Medical Condition.